Snape to continue with Proteas

30 September 2008

Former England one-day spinner Jeremy Snape is to extend his spell as part of South Africa’s coaching set-up.

Snape, 35, was signed up as performance coach ahead of the Test series against England this summer and will now rejoin the Proteas for the tour to Australia this winter.

Jeremy Snape will continue to work with South Africa during their tour of Australia

He first worked with South Africa captain Graeme Smith during the Indian Premier League earlier this year and the pair will link up again in December for the inaugural Champions League.

Their Twenty20 franchise, the Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royals, won the maiden IPL crown.

Snape retired from playing during this past season, having last represented England in the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa 12 months ago.

His first coaching engagement was with England some months earlier, at the 2007 World Cup, which he had initially travelled to help out with associate countries that had qualified for the Caribbean event.

Then England coach Duncan Fletcher drafted Snape - who has a masters degree in sports psychology - into his backroom staff during the group stages of the tournament but he resumed his playing career with Leicestershire for the 2007 season before retiring in June this year.